ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,507, issued on July 15.

"Wireless tracking device for air cargo containers and assets loaded onto aircraft" was invented by Hendrik J. Volkerink (Palo Alto, Calif.), Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, Calif.), Raymundo Alatorre Mercado (Tracy, Calif.), Prabhat Verma (Fremont, Calif.), Aaron Storrs (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Donald D. Do (San Jose, Calif.), Nicolas Lee (San Jose, Calif.) and Saurabh Sanghai (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor-slot tape node may include a circuit board configured with a processor, memory, sensors, and a low-power wireless communication interface. The anchor-slot tape node may include a stif...